to have a Native American on the currency, but I don't know who Wilma Mankiller was. I chose Tubman because I think she was the bravest and most influential of the others listed.

Wilma Pearl Mankiller (November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation.

(I didn't know she had died until just now)

I was surprised to read she had died. I "googled"her for that reason, I thought we only honored people you had passed. Somehow I missed her leaving us!

WHY BOOT ANDREW JACKSON FROM THE $20?

TWO REASONS THAT ARE GAINING TRACTION:

1. Andrew Jackson was celebrated for his military prowess, for founding the Democratic party and for his simpatico with the common man. But as the seventh president of the United States, he also helped gain Congressional passage of the "Indian Removal Act of 1830" that drove Native American tribes of the Southeastern United States off their resource-rich land and into Oklahoma to make room for white European settlers. Commonly known as the Trail of Tears, the mass relocation of Indians resulted in the deaths of thousands from exposure, disease and starvation during the westward migration. Not okay.

2. Some argue that because Jackson was a fierce opponent of the central banking system and favored gold and silver coin or "hard money" over paper currency, he is an ironic choice for immortalization on our money.

http://www.womenon20s.org/why_the_20

Just sayin'.

Bring back the half-dollar and do away with the worthless penny..

Retool the presses every five years.

but my heart told me Rosa
It was her who gave us equality, what little we actually have that is. We'll get there just haven't yet. IMO

Sister Rosetta Tharpe the Godmother of Rock and Roll.

She led slaves to freedom and risked her life.
She made speeches and traveled throughout the North as an abolitionist.
She served in the Civil War.

Rosa Parks was definitely courageous to sit down on that bus and let herself get arrested. But what she did does not compare to what Harriet Tubman did for years.

Eleanor Roosevelt also gets my vote. I just looked up Wilma Mankiller and she also gets my vote.

I'm having a hard time deciding who to vote for, personally.

Inexplicabile.

With either Dynamo or Fauna on it. Or both.

Great list of finalists. Their original list was much longer and all of those women should get more attention than they do (there were several I had never even heard of) but I think Harriet Tubman stands out.

But any of the four would be great.

...without a doubt. She was fierce!

TYY

but I would not choose one of those women to have her portrait on the $20 bill. I would find a way to significa tly honor them all.

Carrie Chapman Catt.

she did over all those years. Most of the credit went to FDR who I also love.

Why pick one.

Or even Louisa May Alcott or Emily Dickinson?

Annie Jump Cannon maybe?

I'm not a nationalist so I see no reason to limit ourselves to Americans. I also think that artists, writers, musicians, etc are valuable and should be honored.

She is a great actress and did some exercise tapes but to be placed on currency? What did she do owner Harriet Tubman?

Why should we limit ourselves to Americans?

The person who replaces Jackson should have more historical stature than him and I don't think any of the folks listed meet that standard.

No pun intended.

Hillary Clinton!

I think so.

Eventually $1 coin minting stared again, but with Sacajawea.

The other three would take time to acknowledge the honor - and well - be honored.

She'd be looking around for the one 'f*ck she is SUPPOSED to give* and telling everyone she needs to get back to work! She just had no tolerance for nonsense when there were more important tasks at hand.

A key abolitionist in a time where men were often assumed to be running the works.

did more to liberate women via the vote and a woman's control of their reproduction than my beloved Eleanor or the rest. IMO.

Our Primary Round consisted of 15 candidates: Alice Paul, Betty Friedan, Shirley Chisholm, Sojourner Truth, Rachel Carson, Rosa Parks, Barbara Jordan, Margaret Sanger, Patsy Mink, Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Frances Perkins, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

http://www.womenon20s.org/the_process

1. Rosa Parks $5
2. Harriet Tubman $20
3. Eleanor Roosevelt $10
4. Wilma Mankiller $1.
5. Harvey Milk $3. If they can make a $2 bill, they can make me a $3 bill!

Popular vote does have some flaws.

Clarissa Harlowe "Clara" Barton (December 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer nurse who founded the American Red Cross. In addition to being a hospital nurse, she worked as a teacher, patent clerk, and humanitarian. At a time when relatively few women worked outside the home, Barton built a career helping others. She was never married, as she knew the restrictions of a married woman at the time, but had a relationship with John J. Elwell. She was prominent as a nurse in the American Civil War.



From wikipedia

And have them all in circulation at the same time, like when a magazine features four different cover photos.

Every one of the women named on that list,or that people offered up as alternatives, was noted for compassionate action, egalitarian social change, and liberal values.

In other words, not a one of them is a proper role model for a Republican woman. For that, you have to look to Phyllis Schlafly or Sarah Palin. Or maybe Ann Coulter.

You just started an earworm. Billy Joel's "Only the good die young."

Phyllis reports back to Headquarters for new instructions--

but if someone throws a bucket of water on her, she will melt into a small puddle.

In my dreams!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltairine_de_Cleyre

kidding,.

no reason to remove Jackson. We'll be due for a new bill soon a $500 or $1000, put a woman on one of those.